Guys, which will be better for 1st timer

Plan A
4 night at Yokohama
1 night at Onsen in Izu
4 night at Tokyo
1 night at Narita

Plan B
4 night at Kyoto
4 night at Osaka
4 night at Tokyo
1 night at Narita

Will plan B a bit too rush? Which you think will be cheaper (for Hotel + transport in japan)

well, most likely to cheap out on my credit card, 4 nights at a city to maximize the benefit lol

yea...yokohama seems nothing much, but might make day trip to hakone

but now seems i might go to osaka, kyoto and tokyo more. seems more thing but just worry need travel too much

shinkansen is not cheap too. round trip cost almost 2.5k d for 2 pax

I tried to see jetstar. without luggage then confirm flight cheaper by 9k yen. after add luggage (they don't have 20kg option, only 10kg check in and carry on), only less than 1k yen cheaper.

so now seems that shinkansen better option?

I check JAL. KL macam no direct flight to osaka. If fly in KLIA-Osaka, then Narita-KLIA, extra rm2k compare to KLIA-Tokyo return for premium economy

btw, should i buy my train ticket online? i kinda worry if flight delay, will burnt my ticket. or shud i reach only buy?

PS: I forget to add in the cost of narita express (from narita to tokyo to take shinkansen)

So now it boils down to 2 option

A) Shinkansen
Arrive Narita 6.45am. Take Narita Express at 8am. take shinkansen at 10am. arrive osaka at 12.30pm.
Total Cost 33240 yen (6000 yen for Narita express, 27240 for Shinkansen)

B) Flight
Arrive Narita 6.45am. Take Jetstar at 9.40am. Arrive Kansai at 11.10am. Arrive Osaka at 1pm
Total Cost - 28180 yen (8900yen*2+8000yen for luggage+2380yen for kansai airport to osaka)

which will be a better option eh?

This post has been edited by maxxxxx0123: Sep 27 2018, 01:24 PM

I just booked the ticket today. Haha

ANA mostly from Haneda, the 2 from Narita is also evening time d. Am checking JAL now. Wonder why just now i check only 1 flight, but now got a lot

yea. Don't really want AA. But already bought the tickets this morning haha.

for the bolded part yea, definitely. the difference of train and plane doesn't look big, so would like to know which is more convenient


Hm, i will definitely take shinkansen from kyoto to tokyo. haha

yeap it's Itami

sigh. memang got 1 flight only from narita to osaka.

most of it all is haneda

what? isn't supposed to be more search more expansive so u faster book? lol

btw, tsukiji market close on october is only the tuna auction part right?

all the restaurants/street food outside it still available on end november? or also will move?

Guys, for USS osaka, I am thinking to buy both the ticket and express pass at Klook.

Anyone use that before? Is it reliable?

Or are there any way to get the USS express ticket earlier before I go into Japan?

Great. Thanks

Guys, my itinerary is as below. Care to help see and any suggestion that I can add on?

Day 1 - Arrive Narita early morning. Take train to Kyoto
Walk around and visit kyoto tower
Day 2 - Arashiyama
Day 3 - Walk around gion area, Kiyomizu those
Day 4 - Fushimi Inari-taisha, Sanjūsangen-dō, Tofukuji Temple
Day 5 - Go to Osaka. Walk around Tennoji, Abeno Harukas, Abeno Q'sMall, Dōtonbori area
Day 6 - USJ
Day 7 - Kuromon Ichiba, Osaka Castle, Umeda Sky Building
Day 8 - Tsutenkaku tower, Dōtonbori, Shinsaibashi area
Day 9 - Go to Tokyo. Akibahara & Shinjuku walk around
Day 10 - Tsukiji outer market, Tokyo Tower. Ginza area
Day 11 - Shibuya area & Meiji Shrine
Day 12 - Hakone
Day 13 - Sky tree area. Travel to Narita and overnight there at late evening
Day 14 - Back

This post has been edited by maxxxxx0123: Oct 9 2018, 10:17 AM

Thanks for the comments. And yea...harajuku, forgotten about it.

For Ginza, I forget to add that i will go Tsukiji and tokyo tower for the 1st part of the day. Tsukiji is mainly for the outer market for food.

I can't go on weekend, as my days in tokyo are on weekdays haha.

1st half of ginza day include tokyo tower and food in Tsukiji. Forget to add that.

Ahh.....yea for the USS part. Hahah. Thanks for the Shinjuku and Aki part too. and also the guide

I read that some ppl suggest too. I am doing that too, but may I know the reason behind? Is it because at Umahori will got lesser crowd as most people will take the train from bottom instead there?

I see. Thanks. Really hope I can get the earliest train or else it gona mess up my food hunting there lol

anyone here use tablelog to make reservation before?

i am going mid - end of nov. accommodation for kyoto will be crazy crazy crazy high

my initial plan is go at mid october to end of october (i research during end of september). then I thought, so near only book maybe hotel price mahal, so i change to go at mid to and of november. That time i just check hotel in tokyo at end of november is much cheper than in end of october, so i straight book my flight ticket

then when i start to find hotel, to my horror, hotel in kyoto is crazy crazy high compare to mid ocotber. it's getting worse from mid november to end november. And worse case, i don't have much choice as most are fully book.

but if you are looking for 2019, then you should still got plenty of choice.

If u just purchase it, maybe can try ask them for refund

I purchase my hakone free pass twice wrongly and they refund 2 for me

So maybe you can try that way too

Just back from japan. am happy that I can see mt Fuji in Shinkansen (Osaka to Tokyo), Tokyo sky tree and even flight back to malaysia

And a huge welcome to malaysia with taxi that doesn’t want to use meter + dirty toilet